• Scouting report: The Golden Eagles have won four in a row, including 75-52 over Rice in Wednesday’s conference opener, and six of their last seven games. During that stretch, the Golden Eagles set a school record for scoring in a 135-41 rout of Dillard. … Southern Miss has won 20 consecutive home games. … Guard Dwayne Davis leads the team in scoring with 13.1 points, while guard/forward Michael Craig is second at 10.4. Forward Jonathon Mills paces the Golden Eagles with 6.6 rebounds. … They lead C-USA in field-goal defense (38.6 percent) and 3-point defense (29.5 percent) and are second in scoring defense (57.6). … Coach Donnie Tyndall is in his first season at Southern Miss after previously serving at Morehead State from 2006-12.

• Houston update: The Cougars play their first road game since Dec. 4. UH won all six games on its homestand and are currently on a season-high seven-game winning streak. The winning streak is the longest for the Cougars since they won 10 in a row in 2007-08. … Led by forward Danuel House (career-high 28 points) and guard Joseph Young (20 points), UH opened C-USA play with a 78-67 win over SMU on Wednesday at Hofheinz Pavilion. … Young currently leads C-USA in scoring at 17.6 points per game. The Cougars also feature two other players in double figures – forward TaShawn Thomas (16.6) and House (13.6). Thomas is second in conference in rebounding (10.1). … Forward Leon Gibson, the team’s only senior, came off the bench for a career-best 14 rebounds against SMU. … UH leads the conference in scoring (79.7) and 3-point percentage (39.3).

• Up next: The Cougars play East Carolina at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, N.C.